Welcome, Achievement Hunters!

This guide will help you plan your time to the wonderful road to 100% this great game! :)

I recommend you start in Casual mode with a Mage to get acquainted with this game but you can start with any class if you wish.. just enjoy the game.. but, if you are like me and you want to do everything on your first run..

There are difficulty achievements, so you would need to start on Hard mode.
You cannot save while in dungeons, except in Casual mode where you can quicksave just fine, but we aint doing that, so we have to learn to dodge, use the right gear and sometimes grab and run.

I personally tried Cleric Hard and less than 180 days for my first try, I didnt know Clerics werent allowed to join the Wizard's guild thus locking me out of that achievement :(

If you want to do all the achievements in one single run, then you would need a Mage in Hard mode to finish it in less than 180 days, since only mages are allowed to join the Wizard guild and all the other guilds too (although you can only choose one permanently)

Finishing in less than 180 days is not that hard if you avoid Resting and Rumors.
I used Mana Cognacs to heal, you can get the Cleric companion and use this method too.
Once you hit level 17, you will be drowning in gold, dont worry too much.

That said, if you dont have half the shards by day 120, start worrying. :3

Apart from missing the achievement, the game wont end at a certain day or anything bad like that.

One event forces you to rest and its ok and the quest Fort Assault wont start if you dont rest, but those were the only two times I rested in my 97 days Hardmode run.

As for the ending achievements, I did a section but you dont have to worry until you start the final quest after you fix a mirror.

There are a lot of grinding achievements, so I will just ignore those, they are pretty straightforward, this guide will focus on the more tricky ones like the hidden achievements, specific locations and secrets you need to know as well as some tips.

There is a wiki, it has a map, its very helpful, I used it a lot and you should too :)

Just so you know, this game is a mobile port.
It has partial controller support but you still need the mouse to navigate menus so.. yeah...

2023 Edit: Thank you for the awards and positive ratings! 💖✨✔✔

Alright, lets get started.

Just follow the main story and you will unlock these without troubles.


No place like home
Purchase or be granted a home of your own.


Epic Restorer
You recovered 12 shards of the Eye of Tol and reconstructed the ancient artifact.


World Savior
You saved the Exiled Kingdoms, and all you get is this lousy achievement. Oh well.

SPOILERS in the Wiki!

Dont bother with this until after you repair the mirror.

Do a Hard save before speaking to Valeran at the Dragon coast and AFTER learning the truth from the image with a INT 5 dialogue option.

You will need this hard save to unlock both endings.

The Minotaur's Crown gives you +2 INT and there are items that give you +1 AWE, there is a helmet you can randomly find in the Ark that gives you +2 AWE, boosted traits work for extra choices but not for skill requirements.

You can reset your trait points in a guild for a gold fee, use this to your advantage.

Unfortunately, killing the Horror doesn't give you anything special, not even XP.

For a detailed article on decisions for the endings, see the wiki for The Ark of Lothasan [www.exiledkingdoms.com]
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Peace Be With You


You walked into one of the most dramatic confrontations in the history of humanity, and resolved it without violence. You convinced the Magistrate of the Forsaken of the futility of his plan. Kids, don't try this at home!

The good ending, it needs an INT check of 5, an item to grab in the first floor's library after talking with the green man and before riding the elevator, a hidden tool and an action requiring AWE 5 with that tool in the final infirmary and also choosing the correct dialogue in the debate, check wiki for details.



Traveller
You have crossed a Deep Gate and visited another world. Please send a postcard!

The Evil ending requires to know your heritage by learning the truth of your heritage from Tramadan's ghost (INT 5 required) before talking to Sir Valeran in the Dragon Coast, you need to ask to talk to the Magistrate. I also tried this with only the Undermother's knowledge but the option to talk to the Minister always failed.

Valeran will be waiting for you in the eastern infirmary inside the Ark.
Then head over to the Ark library (last row of computers to the north) and get the password.

Following this path locks you out of the other endings and you wont be able to continue the game after the quest!

Why The Rush?
Complete the main quest of the game on Normal difficulty (or higher) before day 180.


Normal difficulty or higher, remember this.

I was able to finish it around Day 100 and I wasn't even rushing it that much, on Hard.

Unfortunately, you cannot rush the beginning as you do need good equipment to start off and quicken the pace, its also good to know where you are going so I recommend doing this during your second walkthrough, maybe on Normal.

I do suggest you get to level 20, those final stage enemies hit reeeeaaally hard.

Time freezes while in dialogue and in stores/inns so relax and read to your hearts content.

Using the Gate spell or a Teleport/Recall scroll does not waste extra time, using boats do.

You can use a temple's healing services instead of spending hours at the Inn.

I recommend you use a Cleric for the healing abilities and cool warrior advanced skills you will try and take on enemies above your level as you dont have time to grind XP and its gonna be tough.

Wizard's Cognac is your friend, you can buy them at Enclaves for 50g.
I became an alcoholic priest, Im cool with that.
Upgrade to Voraciraptors Omelettes when you can hunt them easily around level 15.

If you cant use mana to heal, get the Cleric companion ASAP.

Although you need to listen to rumors to find the rumor bosses, they only tell you where they are, the rumor itself does not load the boss. What I mean is, quicksave before a Tavern, check a rumor, remember it, reload the quicksave, go to your destination.

Get those trait tomes in the tombs, invest in things to detect doors like scrolls, secret doors usually have nice loot behind them.

You can reset your traits in a guild HQ to get the things you need before taking the final elevator to avoid fighting the final boss, thus, it is way easier than having to deal with the horrors that await.

You can teleport from your tower to New Garand or Freetown (In the 2nd room), useful shortcut if you need to move around.

Advanced skills are powerful, look into them. When you get to L13, your companion can get advanced if you complete their side quest.

INT 3 is way useful.

If you need help with the main story quest look here:
https://www.exiledkingdoms.com/wiki/index.php?title=Quests#Story_Quests

You can read my Hard [Why the Rush Diary] at the end of the guide if you want.

To the Rescue
Rescue four people from quests, these include finishing the following quests:

The Lost Explorer[www.exiledkingdoms.com]
Find Constanze[www.exiledkingdoms.com]
Forgotten Lore[www.exiledkingdoms.com]
Prisoner of Orcs[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

There maybe more but my achievement popped and I cant confirm them.
For example:
The Prisoners' Dilemma[www.exiledkingdoms.com]
The Price of Freedom[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

If you can find more or confirm these, I'll update the section.

Party Leader
Recruit a Companion



Companion: Grissenda (Warrior)
She is in the settlement found in Northern Bluemist River



Companion: Adaon (Rogue)
Follow the Main Quest to try and get your letter.


Companion: Hirge (Cleric)
She can be found in the far south desert camp in Great Inori.
If you thought Grissenda's quest was hard.. so many traps..

For most of these, you need to have a positive reputation in the town for the quest to be available.


Lannegar Hero
Thanks to your actions, the Lannegar Mine was reopened.


Talk to Captain Whitewater and do his two quests, bring fire resistance.
You need to be at least level 5 and have a friendly reputation in town.


Kingsbridge Hero
You stopped the orc tribe threatening Kingsbridge.

You need to reach level 9 to begin the quest Fort Assault [www.exiledkingdoms.com]at Kingsbridge, oh and also rest at least once after you deliver the Battle Plans. You can lure the big orc to town so the Guards can help you take him down.


Jabal Hero
You defeated the evil druids in Jabal Hills

Need to complete, A Web of Terror[www.exiledkingdoms.com], dont go in unless you are ready for a lvl14 fight.


Fögas Hero
You lifted the curse from the Fögas Forest, and made it safer at nights.

You will need 25 reputation with The Three to start The Cursed Abbey[www.exiledkingdoms.com] so make sure to help all the priests you find along the way.. also, this quest is level 15 or above. Once you deal the final blow to the Boss, you'll unlock this.


New Anthur Hero
You eliminated the river poisoning.

You need a reputation of 50 or above in Varisilia to start this quest.
Speak to the Captain of the guards in New Anthur, bring Toxic resistance.

King Slayer
Kill one monster king.


There are several Monster Kings in the game, Queens dont count for this.

Goblin King[www.exiledkingdoms.com]
Bandit King[www.exiledkingdoms.com]
Kurg King [www.exiledkingdoms.com]
Troll King[www.exiledkingdoms.com]
Orc King [www.exiledkingdoms.com]


Dragonslayer
Defeat a "named" Dragon or Wyvern.

Faazvolfrul[www.exiledkingdoms.com]
Krysoradir[www.exiledkingdoms.com]
The White King[www.exiledkingdoms.com] Urcrymdrax[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

Any named rumor dragon/wyvern bosses work too, I got mine from a rumor boss.


Stop the Rage
Kill the three "enraged" monsters in the game.

There are exactly only 3 Enraged Monsters in the game, check them out.
Enraged Giant Rat[www.exiledkingdoms.com] - New Garand Sewers
Enraged Minotaur[www.exiledkingdoms.com] - Unknown Dungeon (You can finish him off later)
Enraged Troll [www.exiledkingdoms.com] - Gurguth Cave in Trollfens

Just remember you can only join one guild, you could just save before joining, get the achievo and reload.. with the exception of those that need you to be a certain class.

House of Shadows
Become a member of the Seventh House, the powerful thieves' guild which operates through the Exiled Kingdoms

The House is in New Garand Sewers, find a coin behind a secret door to the east and take the Thief with you as a companion (or have AW 2+) to a statue west of the map by a grate, meet the leader lady and do one of their missions and you are in.

You DO NOT need to be a Rogue to get this Achievement.


Returning customer
You've completed four quests given to you in Wizard Towers.


Journeyman Wizard
You have become a member of the Mage's Guild, an organization which has its power base in the Thuramian capital of Icemist.

To join the Wizard's Guild, you need to do all 4 Enclave quests before heading Northeast to IceMist.
Sagar[www.exiledkingdoms.com]
Inori[www.exiledkingdoms.com]
Iron[www.exiledkingdoms.com]
Great Plains[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

You NEED to be a Mage to join the Wizard's Guild.

Ordained of The Three
As a Cleric, enter the service of The Three in a temple, and become part of their Church. This organization's main power base is the High Temple in Nivarian.

To join The Three you must establish the Temple in New Garand by doing the quest Three versus Eleven[www.exiledkingdoms.com], you also need a reputation of 25 with The Three.

White Death reports in the comments that as a Mage, he couldnt start the Cleric's guild introduction to get this achievement, so you probably will need a new game as a Cleric to get this one.

Brother in Arms
As a Warrior, become a member of the Fighter's Guild. This organization of bodyguards and mercenaries has its main base in their keep in Freetown.

You need to reach level 9 to begin the quest Fort Assault [www.exiledkingdoms.com]at Kingsbridge, oh and also rest at least once then head over to their HQ in New Garand and complete the quest Bullfightning[www.exiledkingdoms.com].

You DO NOT need to be a Warrior to get this Achievement, just finish the quests.

Outsmart the Greedy
Be smarter than a greedy trader that tries to take advantage of you.

In the first town, you will meet Rodney and he will ask you to escort him to a Colony, he will try to pay less for the job. Dont let him.



You were not supposed to... nevermind.
You defeated the Undermother without weakening her first and without any aid. Impressive!

No respect for the elderly
You killed one of the most ancient creatures in the Exiled Kingdoms. For good or ill, time will tell.

These two involve a very tough fight, specially on Hard mode.
I was level 22 with my Cleric on Hard mode when I beat her without weakening her, used 13 Elixir of Galade and 7 Lesser Restoration Potions, Intervention saved me twice, so I had Gris take over the tanking, she died a couple of times but I had Circle of Restoration scrolls. I had 163 Spirit Resistance and we both had 35 armor and still got paralyzed twice. Melporth's Sword helped.
I also had my L13 spirit wolf but I dont think he was doing that much damage, my Duel skill was great.

Friend of Minotaurs
You forged a friendship with the King of Minotaurs. They still attack you, but it's their way to show appreciation.

Finish The Lost Kingdom [www.exiledkingdoms.com]by returning the relic to the Minotaur King.


Bank Robber!
You have successfully robbed a bank. You should be ashamed! It's supposed to be the other way around.

Start the Friguld Quest The Snake Gang[www.exiledkingdoms.com] and pull the job through, the achievement will pop once you get access to the Vault.


The Ultimate Victory
You fought the ultimate battle between man and machine, and were victorious!

In the last stage, in the reactor section there is a vending machine in the far northwest part of the area. You need both 50,000 gold and either INT 4 or STR 4 to get this achievement.


Drama Queen
Triumph on the stage!

Save the day with a PER 4 check on the stage in New Arthur City when starting the quest
The World is a Stage[www.exiledkingdoms.com]


Guess who I just met...
You talked to a Living God.

Bring the Crown to the Stone Face instead of giving it to the Bishop in The Dead God[www.exiledkingdoms.com] quest

Planeswalker
You visited another Plane of Existence and survived to tell the tale. It happened by accident, but hey, what counts is that you did it.

Complete Sewer of Horrors quest[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

Epic Plumber
You completed the Sewer of Horrors quest[www.exiledkingdoms.com] in Hard or Ironman difficulty. Mario and Luigi couldn't have done it better!

You need to be super OP for this one, bosses are at least level 21 and its a 3 level dungeon, its truly a challenge. You can start this in the town of Icemist. Did I mention you cannot escape once you go in? Yeah..

Deep Pockets
You crafted a legendary Bag of Holding. And thus the screams of a million voices demanding more inventory space might be calmed - partially.

You need INT 3 for this and own your own house, get the second power crystal, 3 pearls, 3 small diamonds and 3 white wolf furs and do some magic, baby!

Just choose a character and leave him idle in town while you do something else.. like sleep.
The Achievement will pop once you go into the pause menu once.

Played 25 hours with the same character
Not bad. but hardly enough to scratch the surface! Also this doesn't include time lost in deaths and reloads, so you played more.



Played 50 hours with the same character
Usually this is where a standard RPG ends. But I bet you still have lots of things to do.



Played 100 hours with the same character
You really want to do and see everything in this game, don't you?



Played 250 hours with the same character
You are officially a citizen of the Exiled Kingdoms now.

Rush to get your first companion, they are wonderful meat tanks and they are immortal too!.. kinda.
Companions do not die like mercs, they get back up after a fight with half their health, you can get your first companion as soon as level 2 or 3 if you follow the main story quest.

You do lose all your gold and inventory when you are taken prisoner but you get them back, dont freak out.. Im looking at you, Krai Mira..

At level 13, you can begin your companion's quest but if you are playing on Hard mode, you should wait until level 16 or so.. why do them? When you finish them, your companion gets a HUGE boost in power. Trait and skill points and even Advanced Skills!

Invest in door/trap detection, having to restart a dungeon because a trap got you is very frustrating, this danger is gone once you have more than 100HP and can heal pretty quick, its also helpful to grab those secret items like trait tomes while you are doing a quest so you dont lose time going back later.

If both your character and your companion have Gossip skills, only the character with the highest Gossip stats tries to listen to rumors, same applies to the skill Dungeoneering.

For some reason, Freetown buys and sells at a slightly higher price than in other places.

Talk to every NPC you can and get all the quests, you need that XP and reputation.

Trait points that increase HP/MP per level are retroactive, dont worry.

Wisdom XP bonuses on items stack with your INT XP bonus.

If you are playing with mouse/keyboard, I found it very useful to change my movement to the aswd keys and Take/Buy Equip to Q and Drop/Sell to E (These last two are very useful to take things in and out of the bag)

Get 3 diamonds, 3 pearls and 3 white wolves pelts around level 8, the Holding Bag is a game changer, If you do melee, get Duel and Heavyhand, they boost your dps so much.

You can reset your or your companion's skills or traits with access to a guild, get ready to deal out gold for this. Some places are cheaper than others, lowest initial reset is 2k g.

This game requires you to plan ahead and equip yourself for certain dungeons, toxic resistance gear for spider nests, ancient mummies, anti-undead for tombs, fire res vs fireballing mages, cold res for the wintery north, etc.

Some bosses require to use healing potions, even on casual..and being smart about using the right weapons and defenses like Silver against Werebeasts and elemental against Undead.

When fighting casters or archers, always attack from behind your tank, they will always face you first if you go into melee.

If a monster gets stunned or blown away, it always prioritizes hitting you after it can attack unless someone is closer than you.

Again, resistance is key, get the gear and the bag to hold it all.
http://exiledkingdoms.com/wiki/index.php?title=Armor_Table

Undead do toxic and death damage.
Goblins like to use Fire.
Trolls and Minotaur casters use Lightning.
Expect Cold damage up north.
All sort of elementals use their element magic.

Spirit Resistance is so you can resist paralysis and stuns.
I suggest you pick all the Tesur plants you see while you travel and store them for the endgame.

Stun immunity items exist, check the wiki.

Have at least 70HP at all times, in case you miss that deadly trap and trigger it.

Levels matter, enemies have insane damage resistance if they are higher level than you, although most enemies level with you, they have a cap, you dont.

The sun and the stars, man.. they are magical.
A coin in 40 years cant be found in 2 harbors.

For some reason, moving directly to the left or right is faster than moving in an angle, this is important if you want to save travel time.

Other areas reset when you load a save. useful for resetting a dungeon, just go out, save and reload. Due to this, if you die in a dungeon, reload an Area Save, so the area does not reset completely, this only works for a time, it eventually resets too.

If an enemy gets killed by a guard or NPC, it doesnt drop loot, even if they are supposed to.
They can however help you whittle them down, as long as the final blow is yours, you are golden.

I also noticed that the same enemy drops the same loot, I think loot is loaded when the area is loaded, so some monsters never drop loot and others always do, even after you reload a save in the same area. Its still mysterious to me.

You can talk to your companion and enable aggro mode so he attacks on sight then push him infront of you into rooms so he tanks for you, you can hit enemies from behind him, delicious meat shields.

Entering an area will make your companion respawn, even with half health if he/she was dead.
If you are on the map, you can quicksave and reload to bring your companion to half health.

Reloading a save to an ongoing fight will heal both your enemy and companion back to half health.

Monsters heal to full if they go out of combat.

Turning in Kill the Slave/Rebel quests ruin your reputation with some factions.

You only need 7 reputation points in the Wizard Guild to start training in the Enclaves.

Do not underestimate the Flanking Mechanics.

Use narrow hallways and doorways expertly to fight one enemy at a time.

Use double tab to take all.

I like to use traps to kill off my companion while in a dungeon if she has low HP.. am I evil?
Dont push them into them though, run around the trap so the companion does a straight line and trigger it.

To be more time efficient with town hall questing, grab all the quests you can in town, save, do some rumors to find their general locations, buy speed potions with all your money and use them to scout ahead, note where they are, found them? good. Make a path plan to grab them all and return. Reload and go get them.

The bonus XP scrolls overwrite the altar XP bonus and viceversa.

Learn you class and get those advanced skills ASAP.

Since one achievement needs you to reach level 25, I suggest you wait until you reach level 24 to start get into the final area. Surviving the last mission does give you a Wisdom 2 necklace but thats like 2% more xp, if you wait, you can have a shot to kill the Horror just for fun.

There are some nice places to grind items and XP.

• 10 Emeralds give you 5000xp with the Minotaur priestess.
  
• Cave of Echoes and Lambar Cave for Eggs and Emeralds.
  
• Forbidden Pit for small diamonds, Emeralds and XP.
  
• Ashen Wastes for Mana Potions, Elixirs of Galade and sometimes Emeralds and 15% XP scrolls from the entrance to the Sunken Citadel go southeast and then north and you'll find 3 chests on your way.
  
• Inside the Sunken Citadel are also 3 chests on the west side but instead of emeralds and xp scrolls, the loot table has more gear you can sell and make money faster.
  
• Grind the Ark for both XP, medikits and those sweet armors and weapons, they are worth it, the downside is that your companion doesnt get XP.

A lot of drops for monsters are needed for quests but which to keep and which to sell? How many?
Its horrible to realize you should have kept that diamond to make the awesome Bag of Holding and now you are gonna need to go find some.

Also, some unique drops are used in other quests, dont sell anything that looks unique.
(For example a severed goblin head)

You can also sell some items to some people for better prices:
Roaming Varannari Leaders buy Damaged Pelt for 20g, Perfect Pelts for 100g and White Wolf Pelts for 150 (They dont buy Bear Pelts though)
Small Emeralds for 200g to Solliga in Jabar

Here is a list of items that are found in monster drops or chest dungeons you may need to keep.


2 x Zombie Flesh for Flesh is Weak[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

12 x Skull for Shaking Bones[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

1 Orc Battle Plans for The Best Plan[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

3 x Poison Sack for Spiders' sack[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

1 Coral Snake Fang for Exotic Substances[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

1 Giant Mamba Fang for Exotic Substances[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

2 x Chunk of Fat for Probably the Best Potion in the World[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

2 x Sabercat Eye for Eye of the Tiger[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

10 x Fire Salts for Three versus Eleven[www.exiledkingdoms.com] (Optional)

solaris32 reports:
You need 3 fire salts in the loreseeker library of New Garand when you ask the guy about information on the Forsaken and Marissa.

3 x Living Ice for Important Research[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

3 x Friguld Rum for The Snake Gang[www.exiledkingdoms.com] (Optional)

2 x Minotaur Horn for A Key to the Past[www.exiledkingdoms.com] (Optional)

1 Minotaur Horn for A safe bet[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

1 Damaged Wolf Pelt for Ancient Verses[www.exiledkingdoms.com]
solaris32 says you can also give one of these to Ruun in Sydarun Oasis for reputation.

1 Perfect Wolf Pelt for I am the best hunter in the world...[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

1 White Wolf Pelt for A fair deal[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

3 x White Wolf Pelt for The Master's Laboratory[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

3 x Troll Hide for Thick Skin[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

4 x Chitin's Carapace for Shielding the Mind[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

5 x Fire Drake Scale for Turning the Scales[www.exiledkingdoms.com]


2 x Normal Ruby for Ancient Verses[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

1 small Ruby for A fair deal[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

3 x Pearl for The Master's Laboratory[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

3 x Small Diamond for The Master's Laboratory[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

5 x Small Diamond (and 20k g) for Bishop Bayta[www.exiledkingdoms.com] to get a 1UP.

10 x Small Diamond to create Adamantium weapons in the Endgame area.

10 x Normal Emerald to get 5000xp from High Priestess Br'mee [www.exiledkingdoms.com]

30 x Normal Emerald to get a crafted ring from High Priestess Br'mee [www.exiledkingdoms.com]


1 Red Orchid for Gather ingredients[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

1 Red Orchid for Eye of the Tiger[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

1 Blue orchid for Gather ingredients[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

1 Luminescent Fungus for Gather ingredients[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

1 Merple Weed for Ancient Verses[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

1 Merple Weed for Probably the Best Potion in the World[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

2 x Merple Weed An easy job[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

3 x Golden Apples for Easy as Pie[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

3 x Tesur for Shielding the Mind[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

Listing items sold by shops I think are useful to get. (Either to survive or pass trait checks)

From Wizard's Enclaves for 50g [BEST VALUE but they dont stack! ]
Sagar[www.exiledkingdoms.com]
Inori[www.exiledkingdoms.com]
Iron[www.exiledkingdoms.com]
Great Plains[www.exiledkingdoms.com]

Alchemist Vlaza in New Garand's Temple for 150g (only for members of The Three)

Trader Johanna in Icemist for 350g

Trader Gilron in Icemist sels them for 1000 gold each (members of Wizard's Guild only).

Alchemist Dryonos at the Loreseekers in New Garand for 150g
Trader Lirdi in Freetown for 150g
Alchemist Markus in Lannegar for 100 with a fungis and a deadweed

Alchemist Dryonos at the Loreseekers in New Garand

Trader Lirdi in Freetown
Trader Hardin in Nivarian
Trader Pink in New Garand

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Blessed Necklace[www.exiledkingdoms.com] - Weaponsmith Terena in Rhoneis for 800g

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Ring of the Elements[www.exiledkingdoms.com] - Trader Pink in New Garand

Ring of the Trader [www.exiledkingdoms.com]- Trader Orac in The Grey Library (Freetown) for 1620g

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Armors

Explorer Gauntlets[www.exiledkingdoms.com]- Trader Orac in The Grey Library (Freetown) for 3240g

Anointed Cuirass[www.exiledkingdoms.com]- Armorer Mortha in Fogas for 500g

Legion Armor set[www.exiledkingdoms.com] Helm and Armor sold in Freetown but you can get them with a very low chance (2~4%) in sarcophagi in the Mercian Royal Crypt

Well, I hope this guide helps you play more efficiently and have even more fun with this game, it is very challenging but I dont want you to feel frustrated because of some parts, remember that you can always come later to an area and conquer it. The monsters have a level limit but you dont and the level between you and them matters a lot!

If you are going for the 180 day time limit, just dont Rest and use your money for cognacs for your healer. I was able to finish the game in less than 100 days that way, so even if you take your time, you should be able to finish it by no more than day 150.

The hardest part was definitely leveling up while finding the shards and going alone into the final stage was a huge blow. I really depended on the backup but luckily I had accumulated so much gear and money I was able to buy a lot of mana potions so I could survive on my own. Those enemies in the Ark were doing around 30 to 40 damage per hit even though I had 36 armor.. its was insane...

If you have any questions, the developer is awesome and very helpful and the forum is a friendly place, dont hesitate in asking :)

The next two sections of the guide is a kind of diary I did for my first hard mode run, I wanted to do the Hardcore achievement and Why The Rush (Finish the game in less than 180 days) it was a real challenge and I had lots of fun!

Until next time, Achievement Hunters! Godspeed!

Some time guidelines of my newbie Cleric Hard run for reference if you want to try this.

Escaped Prison with my new best friend.. which Im gonna dump as soon as I get my girl.

Got my Warrior Meat Shield by Day 4, Level 4.

Made some quests for money and xp, grabbed plate gear for my warrior and chain for myself.
Had to use her as bait to get the medallion from an angry ghost then travel to Freetown to find the tower, saved 2 mino horns too!

I spent the following days leveling up and doing quests again, preparing for the Fire Pits fight in the Tower by getting fire resistant gear and a lot of potions, had to run to the entrance, lost the hellhounds but I was able to beat the dude as Gris and me came back in, used four small healing pots.

Now its a race to level 17.. so lets quest!

I got access to the Warrior's Guild but since I want the join The Three for the cleric achievement, I shouldn't join yet.. my advanced skills will have to wait :(

Got my first Boss rumor today, a Manticore! Got to get ready..

Got totally owned, Manticore was Lvl 14 and it was dealing 40damage per hit, wicked fast too..I was doing 3dmg per hit...so I hatched a plan.

I lured some Ursans to it and they started fighting, once it had low HP, I went in and finished it off! Over 1000 XP! But wait.. no shard? oh.. Shard bosses are Lvl 16? sigh... well, back to XP grind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yoKOfhYe0s

Got my last small diamond from Message in a bottle[www.exiledkingdoms.com], I already grabbed the 3 pearls from Nekhar Valley (Honor among Thieves[www.exiledkingdoms.com]) a few days back, one diamond from Gorx Lair and the other one from the Dark Jar in Nayau tomb, so I was heading to the Tower when I got a rumor about a Mino Warlord!

I checked the wiki and these dudes drop shards!
But not for me, he was only Lvl 12 so he wasnt that hard to kill with some healing potions but the shard didnt drop.. so I reloaded outside the area hoping his loot will reset but he dropped the same things, I think the loot is set with the rumor. Maybe I need to kill that Toxic Lady in the grotto first so I can get shards but she is still too high level for me.. I will go grab the Three achievement next, after I get my baggie of course!

Alright, down but not defeated I headed to the Tower and defeated the Ice Wyvern (he capped at Lvl 10 so he was easy) and finally got my Bag of Holding! I can now carry my resistance gear AND like 10 extra cognacs.. there is no shame in alcoholism for this Cleric!

While I was getting my booze, I noticed I could train in the Enclaves now! I guess you dont need to join the Wizard Guild for training, just get your reputation with them to 7.

Cleared Abandoned Tower today, got 3 small diamonds and I wish I had gotten the Holding bag earlier, it's been very useful! Still need more Illmara rep to get into The Three.. I need some anti-Toxic gear, with the fire sword from Fort Assault and the Acid Hammer I found here in the tower, I might tackle the Troll Lair soon.

I finished the Cave of Echoes.. running for my life all the way with a bit of help of some invisibility and speed potions... that guardian was level 15! Good thing he was distracted smashing Gris to bits while I pulled a level and ran for my life... just to run into Vorators and a ton of them! Heal pot! Speed pot! Thank goodness for my bag ;_; Still need 10 more Illmara quests to get into The Three.

I also ran away from the werewolves after getting the necklace.. this game is making me a coward.

Reached the new level and got the companion quest for my girl Gris while I was travelling to the Imperial Coast, 4 more rep points to go so I think I will finish joining The Three first then help her.
So many things to do, so little time! I still dont have any of the black shards.. two more levels and I will go challenge the ones that are not in random rumor bosses.

I finally got into the Wisdom temple but the Bishop there said I needed to go to the South to join?
Did I do all this work for nothing?! Oh.. the humanity?! I quickly went back to New Garand's new temple.. and I joined. So.. all these Illmar reputation was only to advance The Dead God quest.. I guess its fine, but I lost like a week without my cool warrior powers.

Anyway, time to EVOLVE!!

With all the questing I've been doing I now have 50k gold so I bought three new advanced skills:
Duel which will help against meaty bosses.
Heavyhand which will help with my dps in general.
Guardian Wolf which will help as a decoy and extra dps.

Since I had 15 skill points in reserve, I trained almost every skill right there.

Also bought two Girdles of Might, boosting our STR by 1 and 2 armor.

I just stormed the Orc Stronghold.. it was so easy, Gris was whirlwinding and Cleaving everything, my new L13 wolf helped. Levels and skills matter so much, as almost nothing was above level 8, I like this game so much ;_; wish I would have gotten all these great new skills sooner.

Stormed the Troll Stronghold.. Duel+Heavyhand+Arbeno's Might is insane..but the level gap cant be beat, the lvl 16 Troll King could not be beat, I did get my first black shard by some clever positioning and stealing it from the Throne.. I will come back in a few weeks and get my revenge, this time I will be bringing Lightning resistance gear, used a lot of cognacs and I also got the Stop the Rage achievement :)

Finally got into Icemist City then I realized something very important... I messed up an achievement.
I cant join the Wizard's Guild because I already joined the Warrior's one to get my advanced skills!
Sigh...such an oversight! Wait a second.. they are telling me that because I was not born with the Talent, I cannot join?! Hah! So.. I couldnt have joined anyway! I guess I do need to do another partial walkthrough for that achievement.. what a world!

At least I finally got the Gate skill and can do quests even faster with 50g teleports.
I also got another Shard out of a filthy liar!

Got another shard from Lady Xidar in Jabal Grotto, she was level 14 and I didnt have to use any of my healing potions, was smart about it and it paid off. I cant believe how important is the level gap and resistances in this game. Its a nice challenging game, I like it. I need to grind to 17 so I can challenge the other bosses.

Pulled THE Heist today, got another shard and a new friend. The Director was on fire and Im glad I researched the place ahead and brough Fire resistant gear... even though we were the same level, I still took a beating and had to use several moderate healing potions.
My 4th shard.. Im both 1/3 through in both the quest and the time limit.

Got Lucky and obtained a shard from a rumor boss: Minotaur Warlord. Im getting better at moving around using Gate, I now have 53k gold from all the quests, even though I buy like 700g worth of cognacs every one or two days. I love my bag of holding.

Beat the Yeti and got another shard, Ive also beaten several more rumor bosses, some of those named dragons, but no luck getting other shards, Im almost 17, I will start hunting the fixed shards soon.

I got the Jester's Bow and I read Adaon does insane damage with it or at least stun everything in his sight.. but I didnt like it that much, I do miss Gris's whirlwind and Cleave abilities, I got a Trait book and decided to give it to Gris since she only gets one trait point per level.. I kinda regret it, am I too greedy?

I finally got to 17 and took down the Fire Dragon Grux with the help of a lot of potions, those resistance potions last 1 minute and I've never noticed how useful that is, I hardly use potions in other RPGs because Im a stingy bastard but in this one, its mandatory.
Gris's 4sec Bash stuns were super useful.
You really need to take him out of those fires, seriously.

Almost forgot to farm for those Fire Drake Scales for that quest, so I did.

I found a Beggar and decided to do Adaon's sidequest, the Korne King, being level 23, wiped the floor with my corpse, good thing I dont have to fight him to finish the quest.
I didnt realize that doing the sidequest would give a companion the chance to learn Advanced skills!
By the Eleven! I need to do Gris's quest right away! Eastward!

Got another shard from a rumor boss.. awesome :) I now have 6 of them, Im halfway through!

I also started shock, spirit and fire training because I read the final areas are filled with those threats Im glad Im storing all that anti-shock gear, mino and troll mages do shock damage too.

My God! That Graveyard! I used like 30 healing potions and a whole bag of holding worth of Cognacs, even my emergency 15 small mana potions.. I was left with 0 mana and 17HP left.. it was insane! If I had to go back through them beheadeds again on my way out, I wouldnt have made it, haha.. after we got out, we couldnt use Gate so we had to walk home.

Gris's companion quest was so unbelievable hard! I was even higher level than anything in there but it still was so..I died a couple of times and had to restart until I decided to lure the executioner into the castle to finish him off and then use my scouting speed potions just to run for the stairs, it was so much fun! Gris got a HUGE power boost and Im confident I can take on the rest of the bosses holding shards now.

Easy Kill on the Mausoleum Lich and it put me on Level 18, 3 more shards to go!

Araim Darkflames is down! Got me one more shard, time to return all these books to the library.

I tried the Arena today, seems I can only fight once per day, the first fight was a breeze, I look forward to it, I freaked a bit when I saw my bag of Holding gone but it was back when I left the
Arena, everything's fine.

Had time to run to Lambar Cave and get the 11th shard from the nice lady, I feel like a scum.
Its time to try and get a very hard achievement, I read she is level 23, Im so underleveled for this...

Raided the Mercian Royal Crypt and got four tomes with the keys I've collected so far, went back to the Arena but they said to come back tomorrow.. It's already been 2 days, I guess they are forcing me to rest. Read the wiki, the end reward is just gold, so I'll pass. Tried killing the Undermother and got so beaten down, that paralysis is awful, I have to get trained on Spirit and get me Spirit gear. I just hope I can fight her after the Ark. I will save here and keep the save just in case.

Time to go kill me a big stupid monkey for the final shard.

It is done, now I wait for more information. I need a couple more levels to get ready for the endgame, I will seek out Tol while I wait.

Tol gave me crazy XP, I leveled up :) I went ahead to clear out the Cursed Abbey, the letter has not come, is this one of those things where they force you to rest? Like in Fort Assault? I guess I could wrap up the quests for New Anthur since I havent been there yet.

After finishing fixing the River for New Anthur, the letter came. Guess I didnt have to rest afterall, good. Its time to finish this game! I hope I can make it on level 19 with a peaceful run. I need to read to plan this correctly or I might mess up my path to save in the right spot and unlock all endings.

With an INT of 4 plus the +1INT tiara, I got the truth out of the ghost, after I arrived at the coast, I successfully avoided fighting the dude and went into the allahu ak bar lair to get the helmet I need.

Cant believe it took me 3 days to bring all four dragons down.. I loved it. :)
I had to use Gate two times to go back to the tower to stash loot and change gears.
Duel and Bash Stun are awesome. Pots of Shielding are very effective.
Good thing I was saving my small diamonds for this place 2x :)

I kinda took a detour and helped the Minotaurs get their balls back because I saw there was a teleporter to their Maze and I was like, why go through the Ashen Wastes if I can go through the Maze, it turns out the Maze is an exit not an entrance, I did get a quest done though.

I still have like 92 days to finish the game for the Why the Rush achievement so Im not worried.

Defeated the UnderKing and opened the shortcut to the Ark, time to brainwash myself and get INT 3 (+2 from Mino Crown) and AW 4 (+1 from a ring) for the endgame.

As I reach the entrace.. what?! I need to go alone, hell no! Im not prepared for this.. hmm.. these things are vulnerable to Shock.. but I dont have any weapon for this. Lets check the wiki... aha!
There is a great shock mace dropped by golems.. maybe in the Observatory.

Alright! Lets get it! I still have 90 days for the deadline so I can spend days on this, and maybe get to level 20 while Im at it, hohoho :3

Tried for an hour, no luck. So I settled for Ghostbuster from Castle Bluerock.
Lets see if I can end this today.

I went up the elevator and crossed the point of no return, took me six days to get enough batteries for both trait points in the infirmary, find one techno weapon I liked and get 8 vorator omelettes.
Im not ready but I want to end this, I miss Gris so much ;_;

I will go for the peaceful ending since I want to avoid as much combat as I can.

It is done... I no longer need to rush anything else. The Why The Rush Achievement is mine! :D
I also got Hardcore and Peace be with you.

If you were wondering, the game leaves you back into the ashes wastes if you survived, you can continue exploring this wonderful world and get the other achievements. (You can't continue if you went for the evil ending)

There was a lot of things I could have done better to save time but then again the level gap is insane in the game and you really need to close the gap to survive, so all the distractions helped me get to level 20 and tackle the Ark.

It would have helped to have grinded for elixirs in the Ashen wastes since Minotaurs drop those AND mana potions.

Automated gloves (+3 AGI) and all the cool Weapons/Armor in the Ark are also very worthy to grind for, not to mention the medkits, having around 60 batteries will help a lot to get through the final floor of the Ark.

So, in conclusion, if you have more than 30 days to spare, I recommend to grind a bit, get your pots, get to Lvl 22, the whole last floor would not take more than 3 days.

A commenter named Olchis asked for my final build so here is a screenshot.

https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1481828083

The best gear came from the final Ark area, those AGI gloves are superb for one handed damage.
The force belt that gives you +3 STR is also in the Ark's basement.
The shield is the one that gives you +15% XP.

As you can see, I also spent some hours farming elixirs of galade and medkits because I had to level up to 25 for an achievement, so I might as well use the time to get great potions, the gear you find from the minotaur city in the ashen wastes also sell for a lot of money so I quit cognac in the final levels and just bought a whole lot of mana potions.

Hope this helps somehow, cheers!